Size matters: vegetation patch size and surface temperature relationship in foothills cities of northwestern Argentina

Autores
Gioia, Antonela; Paolini, Leonardo; Malizia, Agustina; Oltra Carrió, Rosa; Sobrino, José Antonio
Año de publicación
2014
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Urbanization is one of the most extreme forms of land alteration. Energy fluxes are severely affected and cities tend to have the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon, although vegetated areas inside cities could have a positive effect in mitigating UHI effect. Our main objective was to analyze the relationship between vegetation characteristics, patch size and land surface temperature (LST) in three urban areas of northwestern Argentina. We selected 38 green spaces of different size distributed in four cities, all located in the eastern foothills of the subtropical mountain forests. We used Landsat TM satellite images to calculate Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and LST. We assessed the net effect of patch size on LST by computing a Difference Temperature Index. At the regional scale, our results showed that vegetation patch size had a direct effect on reducing the LST of the green space. At a local scale, the analysis of the relationship between vegetation on urban green spaces and LST along a gradient of urbanization showed that green spaces with more vegetation tends to reduce LST. The results showed that largest green spaces were between 1.5 and 2.8 °C cooler than the surrounding built. In order to mitigate the UHI effect in cities, larger green spaces appear to be a possible solution.
Fil: Gioia, Antonela. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Paolini, Leonardo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Malizia, Agustina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Oltra Carrió, Rosa. Universidad de Valencia; España
Fil: Sobrino, José Antonio. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia; España
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Urban Ecology
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
Green Spaces
Urban Heat Island
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spelling Size matters: vegetation patch size and surface temperature relationship in foothills cities of northwestern ArgentinaGioia, AntonelaPaolini, LeonardoMalizia, AgustinaOltra Carrió, RosaSobrino, José AntonioUrban EcologyNormalized Difference Vegetation IndexGreen SpacesUrban Heat Islandhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Urbanization is one of the most extreme forms of land alteration. Energy fluxes are severely affected and cities tend to have the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon, although vegetated areas inside cities could have a positive effect in mitigating UHI effect. Our main objective was to analyze the relationship between vegetation characteristics, patch size and land surface temperature (LST) in three urban areas of northwestern Argentina. We selected 38 green spaces of different size distributed in four cities, all located in the eastern foothills of the subtropical mountain forests. We used Landsat TM satellite images to calculate Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and LST. We assessed the net effect of patch size on LST by computing a Difference Temperature Index. At the regional scale, our results showed that vegetation patch size had a direct effect on reducing the LST of the green space. At a local scale, the analysis of the relationship between vegetation on urban green spaces and LST along a gradient of urbanization showed that green spaces with more vegetation tends to reduce LST. The results showed that largest green spaces were between 1.5 and 2.8 °C cooler than the surrounding built. In order to mitigate the UHI effect in cities, larger green spaces appear to be a possible solution.Fil: Gioia, Antonela. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Paolini, Leonardo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Malizia, Agustina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaFil: Oltra Carrió, Rosa. Universidad de Valencia; EspañaFil: Sobrino, José Antonio. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia; EspañaSpringer2014-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/12465Gioia, Antonela; Paolini, Leonardo; Malizia, Agustina; Oltra Carrió, Rosa; Sobrino, José Antonio; Size matters: vegetation patch size and surface temperature relationship in foothills cities of northwestern Argentina; Springer; Urban Ecosystems; 17; 4; 12-2014; 1161–11741083-81551573-1642enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s11252-014-0372-1info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11252-014-0372-1info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-22T11:16:03Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/12465instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-22 11:16:03.935CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Size matters: vegetation patch size and surface temperature relationship in foothills cities of northwestern Argentina
title Size matters: vegetation patch size and surface temperature relationship in foothills cities of northwestern Argentina
spellingShingle Size matters: vegetation patch size and surface temperature relationship in foothills cities of northwestern Argentina
Gioia, Antonela
Urban Ecology
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
Green Spaces
Urban Heat Island
title_short Size matters: vegetation patch size and surface temperature relationship in foothills cities of northwestern Argentina
title_full Size matters: vegetation patch size and surface temperature relationship in foothills cities of northwestern Argentina
title_fullStr Size matters: vegetation patch size and surface temperature relationship in foothills cities of northwestern Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Size matters: vegetation patch size and surface temperature relationship in foothills cities of northwestern Argentina
title_sort Size matters: vegetation patch size and surface temperature relationship in foothills cities of northwestern Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gioia, Antonela
Paolini, Leonardo
Malizia, Agustina
Oltra Carrió, Rosa
Sobrino, José Antonio
author Gioia, Antonela
author_facet Gioia, Antonela
Paolini, Leonardo
Malizia, Agustina
Oltra Carrió, Rosa
Sobrino, José Antonio
author_role author
author2 Paolini, Leonardo
Malizia, Agustina
Oltra Carrió, Rosa
Sobrino, José Antonio
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Urban Ecology
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
Green Spaces
Urban Heat Island
topic Urban Ecology
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index
Green Spaces
Urban Heat Island
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Urbanization is one of the most extreme forms of land alteration. Energy fluxes are severely affected and cities tend to have the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon, although vegetated areas inside cities could have a positive effect in mitigating UHI effect. Our main objective was to analyze the relationship between vegetation characteristics, patch size and land surface temperature (LST) in three urban areas of northwestern Argentina. We selected 38 green spaces of different size distributed in four cities, all located in the eastern foothills of the subtropical mountain forests. We used Landsat TM satellite images to calculate Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and LST. We assessed the net effect of patch size on LST by computing a Difference Temperature Index. At the regional scale, our results showed that vegetation patch size had a direct effect on reducing the LST of the green space. At a local scale, the analysis of the relationship between vegetation on urban green spaces and LST along a gradient of urbanization showed that green spaces with more vegetation tends to reduce LST. The results showed that largest green spaces were between 1.5 and 2.8 °C cooler than the surrounding built. In order to mitigate the UHI effect in cities, larger green spaces appear to be a possible solution.
Fil: Gioia, Antonela. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Paolini, Leonardo. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Malizia, Agustina. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales E Instituto Miguel Lillo. Instituto de Ecología Regional; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fil: Oltra Carrió, Rosa. Universidad de Valencia; España
Fil: Sobrino, José Antonio. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia; España
description Urbanization is one of the most extreme forms of land alteration. Energy fluxes are severely affected and cities tend to have the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon, although vegetated areas inside cities could have a positive effect in mitigating UHI effect. Our main objective was to analyze the relationship between vegetation characteristics, patch size and land surface temperature (LST) in three urban areas of northwestern Argentina. We selected 38 green spaces of different size distributed in four cities, all located in the eastern foothills of the subtropical mountain forests. We used Landsat TM satellite images to calculate Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and LST. We assessed the net effect of patch size on LST by computing a Difference Temperature Index. At the regional scale, our results showed that vegetation patch size had a direct effect on reducing the LST of the green space. At a local scale, the analysis of the relationship between vegetation on urban green spaces and LST along a gradient of urbanization showed that green spaces with more vegetation tends to reduce LST. The results showed that largest green spaces were between 1.5 and 2.8 °C cooler than the surrounding built. In order to mitigate the UHI effect in cities, larger green spaces appear to be a possible solution.
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Gioia, Antonela; Paolini, Leonardo; Malizia, Agustina; Oltra Carrió, Rosa; Sobrino, José Antonio; Size matters: vegetation patch size and surface temperature relationship in foothills cities of northwestern Argentina; Springer; Urban Ecosystems; 17; 4; 12-2014; 1161–1174
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